562 FRINGILLIM. 



Dartford, and about Maidstone. Mr. Gould says that it is 

 abundant on the estate of W. Wells, Esq., at Redleaf, near 

 Penshurst, that gentleman having, with the assistance of a 

 small telescope, counted eighteen at one time on his lawn. 

 The bird figured many years ago by Edwards in his Glean- 

 ings of Natural History, was killed at Goodwood, in Sussex. 

 They have been known to breed near Windsor, and young 

 birds were obtained when paying their daily visits to some 

 young peas in a garden, which from concurring testimony 

 appear to be much sought after by these birds as food in 

 summer. They have been noticed about Chipping Norton, 

 in Oxfordshire, and repeatedly seen by Gilbert White at 

 Selborne, in Hampshire. They have been obtained occa- 

 sionally in Dorsetshire, Devonshire, and in the eastern as 

 well as western part of Cornwall. According to Pennant, 

 Montagu, and Mr. Eyton, they occur in winter in Glouces- 

 tershire and Shropshire ; they have been met with at Orms- 

 kirk, in Lancashire, and one was seen frequently in the 

 spring of 1833 about the gardens and pleasure grounds at 

 Woodside, four miles south of Carlisle. Mr. Thompson 

 sends me word that the Hawfinch has in a very few in- 

 stances been obtained in different parts of Ireland. 



Eastward and northward from London this bird is most 

 plentiful in the vicinity of Epping Forest, and is found as 

 far towards the east coast as Manningtree. It occurs in 

 Sussex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and occasion- 

 ally about York ; but is not included by Mr. Selby in his 

 Catalogue of the Birds of Durham and Northumberland. 

 Sir William Jar dine sends me word that it has been once 

 or twice killed in Dumfriesshire, but it is not common in 

 Scotland. 



The Hawfinch is included by Miiller among his birds of 

 Denmark, and by Professor Nilsson in those of Sweden 

 and of Scandinavia generally, but it is considered rare ; it 



